Slow Baja Winter Expedition 2024 - Day 3
Day Three The Mision Santa Maria Hotel (formerly El Presidente) from the beach Ron had left our group early morning to get back to the U.S. and we soon after left Ensenada with Matt and his navigator Mike. We were heading south in an effort to catch the rest of the Slow Baja Winter Expedition . Having no idea how far south they were, we mentally prepared to see them at Rancho San Ines , just south of Catavina , which was our Slow Baja camping spot for the night. After passing through the gauntlet of working towns on Highway One such as Colonet, San Vicente, Camalu and eventually San Quintin, we decided to take a little detour. Wino had told us his family would go to the "El Presidente" hotel in San Quintin every year when he was young for a family vacation so we decided to take a trip down memory lane. It's now Hotel Mision de Santa Maria and looked much as it did many years ago. We even "bumped" into the ex-governor of Baja California at the hotel. Getting b